Author Claims Trump Is Hiding Health Details From His Aides

[mike_c]

3. it's not always up to them

Stuff like this might not make editorial muster in a newsroom for a variety of reasons, not least because it might not pass multiple source tests, but it's easier to print in a book because publishers' reputations are not as tenuous as regular news organizations are. Once in a book, it's the authors' credibility on the line more-so than the publisher's.